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BANCROFT 
LIBRARY 

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THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF  CALIFORNIA 


NEVADA 

and 

Her  Great  Mineral 
Resources 


A  Collection 

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of 

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Interesting  Facts 


Compiled  by 
L.  E.,  SOWERS 

\^~ 

and 

W.  A.  ZIMMERMAN 

Winnemucca,  Nevada 


Price  50c 


Copyright  1920,  by  W.  A.  Zimmerman 


Nevada  and  Her  Great 
Mineral  Resources 


'KVADA     has    been    ju>tly 
named  the  Silver  State,  it 
being  one  of  the  la 
ducers      of     the      "White 
Metal  "in  the  Unit* 
The  reports  of  the  Director 
of  the  Mint  show  that  for 
the  fiscal  year  1917-18,  which  was  an  off 
year,  owing  to  the  war  condition  >tal 

value  of  gold,  silver,  copper,  lead  and  zinc 
was  $54,424,580,  an  increase  over  191  r. 
of  $4,478,156.     There  w.  i  inorea  • 

in  copper  and  lead  but  derided 
in  ico Id  and  silver,  the  gold   output    hein^ 
$6,959,468    and     silver     1 
havin-  a  value  of  $9,2::;. 7 

There  were  !>4*J  prodlK  i  the 

.-.late  of  which  !M  were  plae 
mine  properties.   The  iri 
mined  was  concent  rai 
smelters  outside  of  tl 
a    lar;ce    expense    on    tin- 
smelters   should  be  estaMi-1 
at  source  of  supply  of  * 

77/r   <!'  <  I)    mint'*  ;ilso   pr 

the  >ame  period  122,794,7' 

per,  27,f577,928  pounds  of  1- 

pounds   of  recoverahle   /inc.      rl 

ducts  are  only  a  small  pi 

Nevada  could  produce  if  the  •  r\  and 

proper  Chemical  and  Smelting  Plain 

installed  within  the 

In  addition  to  the  fore<: 
undoubtedly  has  a  lamer  \a 
ble  ores  and  mineral-,  in 
than  any  other  one  of  the  Mountain  s 
many  of  those  ores  are  not  In-mir  mined 
account  of  lack  of  proper  methods  of  1 
ling. 

While  the   Live   Stock  and   Agricult- 
ural resources  of  the  State  are  large  t 

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greater  wealth  of  Nevada  eom<^  and  i,>  to 
come  from  her  mines. 

Many  undeveloped  mines  and  lar^e 
bodies  of  valuable  ores  are  now  lying  idle 
owing  to  the  great  expense  of  shipping  to 
some  Eastern  Refinery  or  Chemical  Plant 
and  the  fact  that  the  value  of  many  of  those 
products  when  refined  are  unknown  to  the 
general  prospector,  and  the  public  at  large, 
is  verified  by  the  great  bodies  of  wealth- 
producing  material  that  lie  within  easy 
reach  of  railroad  shipping  points;  but  the 
p rices  offered  by  the  Eastern  Chemical 
i'lants,  coupled  with  the  expensive  freight 
haul,  prohibit  their  being  mined  at  a  profit 
yet.  lariiv  shipments  of  Chemical  Products 
made  from  similar  ores  pass  through  this 
St-ite  and  the  Pacific  Coast  Ports  daily  on 
their  way  to  Japan  and  the  oriental  coun- 
tries. A  large  part  of  the  products  going 
across  tho  sea  could  be  manufactured  at 
some  point  in  Nevada  and  from  Nevada's 
mineral  wealth  now  lying  dormant,  thus 
adding  millions  of  dollars  to  her  resources 
and  our  income. 

NEVADA'S  VALUABLE  PRODUCTS. 

Review  of  some  of  the  valuable  pro- 
ducts lying  idle  at  this  time  will 
not  be  out  of  place  in  this  brochure, 
and  we  trust  that  the  information 
contained  herein  may  be^  the  means 
of  stimulating-  the  people  of  this 
State  to  greater  action  along  some 
of  the  lines  that  are  herein  referred 
to  and  that  should  be  of  great  value  to  the  State 
and  its  people,  to  the  end  that  new  energy  and 
new  pusli  may  be  developed  to  "cash  in"  on 
these  (iod-Lriven  treasures  now  so  quietly  sleep- 
ing in  our  everlasting  hills. 

A  list  of  some  of  the  most  valuable  of 
Nevada's  possible  WEALTH  PRODUCING 
or.-s  will  follow  with  a  brief  summary  of  each : 
its  present  value,  as  ore,  and  the  value  of  the 
various  products  to  be  recovered  and  refined 
there  from,  and  their  principal  uses  and  market 
demands : 

TUNGSTEN  OR  WOLFRAM. 

As  a  mineral  Tungsten  or  Wolfram  has 
long  been  knowrn  to  mineralogists,  but  it  re- 

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mained  for  the  Germans  to  di.sc.. 

side  of  the  so-called  precious  metals.  Tu: 

or  Wolfram,  as  they  named  it,  was  the  most 

valuable  mineral  and  metal  known. 

The  Germans  took  advantage  of  ti 
vanced  knowledge  concerning  this  <>iv.  and  for 
several  years  held  a  monopoly  of  all  tin-  pro- 
ducts of  Tungsten  ores.     II 
year   1898   our  own   chemists   had   disco 
some  of  the  valuable  properties  of  this  new  and 
wonderful  ore  and  an  active  development 
ed  in  1900  when  the  ore  was  found  to  ex 
several  of  the  Western  as  well  as  the  E. 
States.    In  that  year  the  United  States  pro< 
46  tons  of  60  per  cent  concentrate  vain 
$11.040.     In  1906  the  world's  pr 
4,367  short  tons,   of  which   the    1 
produced  928  tons  valued  at  $348,867. 

In  1915  the  world's  prodii 
short  tons,  of  which  the  Unite 
2,332  tons  valued  at  $4,100,000. 
production   had    increased    to   .VJOO  tons.      The 

Lge  price  for  that  year  1  r  unit 

or  $1800  per  ton   of  60   i 
valued  at  $9,874,800.     \V 

tons  valued  a1  value 

of  the  raw  material  ennstr 
into,  its   \ 

onls    and    pmhaMy    ai 
aetual   prodnetion    for  the   p 

Thus  we  have  an  industry 
from  $11,000  to  over  $17,000,000  in  the  short 
period  of  sixteen  years  and  m 
was  made  in  the  pa^t  ten 
of  production  represents  onl 
of  the  value  of  the  mann 
stride  that  no  other  industry   ha 
he  world's  history. 

Through  the  efforts  of  our  chemists,  n 
new  and  valuable  uses  of  the  metal  an 
salts  have  been  discovered.    The  prin< 
duct,  however,  is  Sodium  Tungstate;  all 
salts  and  metals  being  reduced  from 
Sodium-Tun gstate  is  used  in  the  manufa 
of  Acetic  Acid,  for  weijrhtinpr  silk  and  p 
it  its  prloss,  for  fire-proofing-  cloth,  as  a  mor- 
dant in   the   dye  industry.     Tunprstic   Acid    is 
used   for   coloring   ceramic   prodn  1    for 

paints;   and,   Tungsten-Oxide  to  produce   the 
metal  and  Ferro-Tungsten. 

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The  Wolfram  or  Tungsten  metal  is  a  white, 
heavy,  metal,  being  heavier  than  gold  and  hav- 
ing a  tensile  strength  nearly  three  times  that 
of  steel.  It  is  non-corrosive  and  only  a  com- 
bination of  acids  attack  it.  Its  melting  point 
is  the  highest  known,  3270  degrees  C.,  and 
can  only  be  melted  in  the  Electric  Furnace.  It 
is  one  of  the  hardest  of  metals  and  imparts 
to  all  of  its  alloys  that  most  desired  quality. 

Alloyed  with  steel  it  has  the  property  of 
self-tempering,  making  a  class  of  tool  steel 
that  is  very  valuable  in  the  shop.  Tungsten  is 
also  used  as  gnu  linings  and  armor  plate. 

Alloyed  with  gold  or  silver  it  produces  a 
cutting  tool  o<mal  to  the  best  steel.  Surgical 
instruments  are  now  manufactured  from  this 
alloy  and  are  very  valuable  as  there  is  no  corro- 
sion and  much  less  danger  of  infection. 

Alloyed    with    copper    it    is   being   largely 
used   for  shin  propellers,  it  making  a  metal  so 
hard  that  no  tool  will  cut  it  and  the  salt  water 
'<it  affect  it. 

The  French  are  making  an  alloy  of  Tung- 
sten and  Aluminum  for  automobile  bodies,  the 
alloy  being  very  light  and  stiffened  by  the 
TinigM"!!.  Sonic  twenty  alloys  have  already 
been  produced. 

En  gland  has  recently  appropriated  450,000 
pounds  sterling  for  research  work  in  obtaining 
new  alloys  and  for  the  establishment  of  facto- 
ries IVr  experimenting  in  the  treatment  of 
Tungsten  ores.  France  also,  is  busy  on  this 
same  subject.  The  ful ure  never  looked  better 
and  brighter  for  Tungsten  and  its  By-Products 
than  it  does  at  the  present  time. 

Tungsten  wire  is  becoming  a  very  import- 
m',  factor  in  the  electrical  field,  it  having  less 
.nice  and  a  greater  conductivity  than  any 
metal  heretofore  used.  Many  of  the  electrical 
contacts,  make-aiid-break  points,  and  spark- 
plug points  and  many  other  electrical  parts  and 
appliances  an1  now  made  from  this  metal. 

a  filament  for  lights  it  requires  only  one- 
half  of  the  current  used  by  lamps  made  from 
other  materials.  All  of  these  ^products  have 
practically  come  into  daily  use  in  this  country 
in  the  last  dozen  years,  and  the  field  is  just 
opening  for  the  enlarged  manufacturing  there- 
of. 

The  State  of  Nevada  has  a  Tungsten  Bear- 
ing Bolt  several  miles  wide  and  about  one  hun- 

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dred  and  fifty  miles  long,  running  through  it 
from  Northeast  to  Southwest,  \vher, 
mines  have  been  opened  and  concentrating 
plants  put  into  operation.  Oilier  deposits  have 
been  discovered  and  opened,  all  of  which  goes 
to  prove  that  this  State  should  l.e  al.lt-  to  supply 
tin-  demand  in  the  Tinted  States  and  thus  shut 
out  the  major  portion  of  imports  of  this  valu- 
able material. 

The  very  fact,  however,   that    all   of  our 
Western    Tungsten    Ores    must     he    shipped    to 
Philadelphia  or  I'ittsluirjr  for  treatment,  and  the 
penalties  plaeed  <.ii  the  lower  percent;:. 
eentrates    has    had    a    depressing  upon 

Nevada's    produetion.      The    price    fo- 
Ore    or    raleium-Tun«j>tate    March     In. 
was  *?U)0  to  *1  -YOU  per  unit—  1   por  eeut   of  a 
ton   of  ore;  >•').()()  beini:   the   price   per  unit    for 
a    60    per    cent    V  :    hut    if   the 

ore  should   run  below  GO  per  cent    \Y« 
alty  of  from  *1.0()  to   -  T  unit   ifi 

airainst   ti  -aid   to  cover  the  cost   of  ship- 

ping: and   treating  the  lower-  This. 

coii|)led  with  the  liiirli  price  of  the  various 
salts  vhjrh  ;  -d  at  from  41.20  to 

per  pound  of  \\  i  )  contained  but  not  always 
reali/ed  !  l.ove  cited  has  had 

T  on  production. 

Whnt  Nevpda  Needs  Now  is  a  Reduction 
and  Chemical  Plant,  not  onlv  tration 

but  also  for  the  production  of  th-  -  salts 

from   the  Tunirsten   Ores,  thus  savinir 
moiis  fi-eiL'ht  of  about  >1:' 

ID     per    rent     of    wllic' 

has  t«»  b"  shi;  .itmeiit. 

There  are  a  few  other  metallic  ores 

••ally  und-  that   we  \vill  touch 

briefly,  vi/  : 

BARIUM 

l»arium     is     another     valuable  und 

!y    in    tl  little 

known  and  understood  bv  most  people.  It  is 
found  in  the  earbnuat--  and  sulphate  fm-ms.  but 
it  :>11  }i;>s  to  bo  treated  and  refined  to  make  it 
valuable. 

Prices  on  July  7.  1020  were  reported  as  folio  v. 
Mariuiii-Oiloride  $i:,o  to  $180   p.-r  ton 
Barium.  I  >io\i«i,    L'lr.  to  23c.  per  pound 
Barium   Chloride  is  used   in   rubber  tire 


:Hso  for  weighting  i>ai>er,  and  as  a  sulphate,  for  adul- 
terating white  lead,  the  peroxide,  for  glass  making. 

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clear  crystal  glass  carrying  as  high  as  55  per  cent: 
also  used  in  the  manufacture  of  oxygen  gas,  and 
sugar  refining.  The  carbonate  is  sometimes  used  in 
the  manufacture  of  brick.  A  number  of  compounds 
of  Barium  are  also  made  for  medicinal  use,  and  is 
largely  used  by  some  leading  physicians.  Our  prin- 
ciple imports  before  the  war,  came  from  Germany, 
but  Germany  has  recently  placed  an  embargo  on  f'ir- 
ther  shipments.  We  have  plenty  of  ore  and  with 
necessary  reduction  plants  can  supply  the  demand. 

MOLYBDENUM 

Molybdenum: — as  is  generally  known,  has 
its  most  important  use  in  the  manufacture  of 
steels. 

Molybdenum,   outside  of  its  uses  for  steel 

is  a   valuable  element:  as  an   alloy  in   ^tellite. 

a  very  valuable  metal  alloy )  :  it  is  largely  used 

in  electric  light  filaments,  and  in  winding  elee- 

trical  resistance  furnaces. 

Ammonium-Molybdate  is  employed  in  fire-proof 
iiiir  and  also  as  a  pigment  for  Ceramic  coloring,  and 
as  a  germacide  and  disinfectant;  Molybdenum-Tan- 
nate  finds  employment  in  the  coloring?  of  leather,  one 
of  the  Oxides  has  been  used  as  a  pigment  for  color- 
ing rubber*;  also  used  in  various  forms  in  the  labora- 
tory. As  Molybdir-aeid.  however,  it  has  its  greatest 
value. 

eral  very  promising  deposits  of  this  much 
sought  material  have  been  discovered  within  a  few 
miles  of  \Yinnemiiec;>.  :'iid  already  partially  devel- 
oped. 

VANADIUM   AND   MANGANESE 

Are  two  valuable  minerals  used  in  the 
manufacture  of  various  steels  and  are  found 
near  by  in  large  deposits.  (Jeneral  knowledge 
of  their  uses  are  little  known  as  the  greater 
portion  of  the  minerals  and  their  salts  are  im- 
ported from  other  countries.  Au  endeavor 
should  be  made  t<.  force  our  own  ores  on  the 
market,  and  this  can  only  be  accomplished  by 
having  Refineries  of  our  own  in  this  country, 
and  by  manufacturing  the  more  than  one 
hundred  products  made  therefrom. 

ANTIMONY  AND  AUSENIC 

Are  found  in  many  deposits  in  the  state  of 
\evada.  and  many  valuable  products  are  made 
from  these  metals.  Antimony  is  largely  used 
a^  an  a llov  with  lead  in  making  type-metal  and 
other  hard  lead  products.  Also  many  paints 
and  dyes  are  made  from  Antimonal  Com- 
pounds. 

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In    1913,  no  antimony    was   mined   in    li  • 
States.  Our  imports  came  largely  from  ( 
France,  and  Austria.     Since  that   ti: 
deposits   in    X'-vada.      I'tah.      California 
opened  and  li;;v«-  produced  a  large  toi 

Arsenic  as  an  ore  is  found  as  Arse 
Realgar.      It    is    largely    used    in    fumh 
manufacture    of    paints    and    dyes,    and    as    an    alloy 
with   lead   in   milking 
cinal  compounds.     ();ir  imp   rfs  of  • 
«-(mal    to    home    production. 

MAGNESITE  (Magnesia  Oxide) 

Magnesite  is  marketed  and  used  in 
forms  for  many  purposes,  either  ra  •  ide. 

or  calcined, (expelling  of  the  carbon 
dioxide  and  moisture  of  the  oriirina' 
tlif  residue.  MS  calcined  Ma.  '.-iiiir  «•! 

ly  the  oxide   known   as   M;: 

used    as   a    lining   for  open    hearth    furn:i< 
ment    for    makim 

Itary,  it  is  la;  ,1  as  floor  and 

in    ph'ce   of   tile  or   marhle. 

Carlion-d  B  is  a  Id  ; 

Ing   of    >  I'.isulphit- 

fd    in     \vo.  .1  ]iulp    paper    m. 

IN    THE    MEDICAL    FIELD, 
knows,  many  forms  of 

and    is 

th«-ir  most   important    ; 

Ma 

element. 

times   c-illed.  valuable,    metal.      It    i 

than    v.ood.   and  when    dr. 

strength 

si/e       h  .  d    in    tip-   ma: 

plam 

electric     furnace,    and    does    no1 

to    ••?•  nd. 

LARGE   QUANTITIES   OF   MAGNESITE   are   im- 
ported   \early    from    Kuropean   coun* 

highest 

posits    of    M.  have   be«  in 

this  State  and  h  is  being  made  f<>' 

which  if  found,  would  ho  more  profitable  than  a  cold 
mine. 

A  Partial  List  of  Non-Metallic  Ores 

SODIUM  CHLORIDE   (Common  Salt.) 

In    many    p  Nevada    this    coinii. 

and  much  used,  product  may  bo  found  in  la- 
deposits   of  solid    crystals   carrying  mill: 
Ions   of  hifrli-nrrado   Sodium    Chloride,   and    ;i 

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found  in  salt  springs,  carrying  from  20  per 
cent  to  •)()  per  cent  salt. 

The  real  value  of  Sodium  Chloride,  outside 
of  its  use  as  common  salt,  is  quite  unknown  to 
the  general  public;  yet  many  valuable  products 
can,  and  should  be  made  from  our  native  salt. 
The  raw  material  can  be  obtained  in  many 
parts  of  the  State,  and  delivered  to  our  plant  at 
Irom  *7.0()  to  $10.00  per  ton.  The  old  methods 
of  refining  and  manufacturing  the  various  pro- 
ducts were  very  expensive  and  took  several 
days  to  accomplish  the  result.  The  new  pro- 

of separating  the  Sodium  Compounds  by 
electrolysis  has  greatly  cheapened  the  manu- 
facture of  the  various  salts. 

OVER  ONE  HUNDRED  CHEMICAL  COM- 
POUNDS are  manufactured  from  Sodium  Chloride, 
(common  salt;)  a  few  of  these  products  bringing  the 
highest  prices.  ?re  as  follows: 

Caustic  Soda,  $120.00  to  $130  per  ton; 
Hydrochloric    Acid,    $160    per    ton,    CP    $250 

per    ton: 

Calcium  Chloride  SiM  to  $35  per  ton; 
Oalcium-Hypochlrrite  $80  to  $90  per  ton; 
Pbosegene-Carboynal    Chloride   $1.05    per   lb. 
Bromine.    (mad"    from    the    waste    brine)    $1 

per  pound; 
Liquid  Chlorine  $200  per  ton; 

Sodium  P.iehroii'ate  $800  to  $900  per  ton;  and 

Mid   various  other  products  ranging  from  $30  to  $40 

u.    including    Carbonate    and    Bi-Carbonate    of 

Sed-i.      All   tin1  above  and   many  other  valuable  com_ 

-ily    produced    from    the   common    salt 

These  prices  ;>rc  quotations  on  CL  lots;  small- 

<  i-  quantitcs  are  higher  in  price. 

JAPAN   AND  THE  ORIENTAL  COUNTRIES  are 

MOW    la  n't-    consumers    of    these    products    and    our 

.la  pan   on   tl  esc  items  alone,  for  the  year 

:?'>    pounds,    the    greater    portion 

coming    from    Chicago    or    Kast    of    there,    and    yet 
[a    is    full    of    the    Xatural    Raw   Material    from 
which  these  product  should  be  manufactured  and  re- 
iu  our  own  state. 


QUOTING    FROM    THE    HIGHEST  AUTHORITY 

Hie  Cnited  States  Geological1  Survey  (Bulletin  666-F) 
lowing  in  regard  to  Salt,  Bromine,  and 
Calcium  Chloride; 

"The  Tinted  States  furnishes  practically 
all  of  the  salt  consumed  by  its  people.  In  1916 
more  than  !>'.»  per  cent  of  all  the  salt  used  in 
this  country  was  made  here,  and  the  value 
of  the  salt  exported  was  more  than  twice  as 
that  of  the  salt  imported.  The  total 
quantity  of  salt  produced  has  increased  steadily 
for  many  years.  *  *  *  The  marketed  do- 

tic  production  of  salt  in  the  United  States 

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has  increased  from  -"  to  n.-arly    ; 

000  barrels   in    1  ."•  years,   and   is   now   iner 
at  a  much  more  rapid 

"Prices    of    salt    are    im  i 

continue  to  increase  so  long  as  tin-  present  un- 
settled conditons  continue. 

have  doubled   in   value   since    mi:,,   others   have 
increased  50  per  . 

"The   production   of   salt    must    confirm- 
for   many    years    past,   to   in- 
salt   in   food   for  men  and   animals   naturally   de- 
mands   enlarged    output    to    K.-.-p    pa. 

~«-d  population  ;  (Milo. 

rine  anrl   H> drochlorie  acid   and   in   main 
ical  and  metallurgical  industries  that  are  rapid- 
ly   developing    also,    demands    larger    output. 

1  thouirh  some  of  these  ind  : 

•    liosfili' 

tentinn     to     sanitation  dim:     in 

waves,   even    to    remote    di 
with    it    a    demand    f«>: 
pottery    and     hard 
and  :ffs.    all 

larire  quantities   of  common   salt .' 

"As    the    duaiitity    of   bromine    marketed    in 
Ifi1.~    was    an    incr- 
production  of  e;ich  of  tli«-  r 
and  as  the  number  of  wells 

miaht    he    many,    it    is  quick 

response   to   a   sudden   demand    is   only    : 
gestion   of   what    may   b»-   d. 
tinned   mid   inore.ised   demand." 

ilcium    rhlori.  ilat- 

ine:  fluid  in  refrii:i>raTinL'  plants,   in  < 
and   in   automobil. 

rid.    on     account     of 
its    power    of  ''ur    moist 

J   and  del: 

in    soluti 
automatic   spr  ^   and   in   fire  buck- 

H.  :  ••  Minify  for  a  | 

in  our  own   plant 

AMONG    OTHER    NON-M  ETALLIC    ORES 
found    in   this 

OTPSUM  OB  lum  Sulni 

T.\I  HIUM,    DIAT( 

many  other  valuable  found   in  r   of 

the  State,  these  may  b,-  refined  and   utili/ed  in  n. 

paints,  household  nee.  !nal 

compounds   in    constant    and    daily    0 

The   fact    th;.  >le  know  the 
value  of  many   of  the  ;ier  with    • 

prices   offered   by   the  rhemical    Pla; 

hereinl)e'  ;ike    mining   of    n, 

of    these    ores    under    •  'ro- 

hibitive. 

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SULPHUR  AND  ITS  BY-PRODUCTS 

Large  deposits  of  sulphur  are  found  in  this 
state  and  most  o£  these  deposits  are  lying  idle 
owing  to  the  low  prices  of  Crude  Sulphur,  in- 
fluenced by  the  long  Freight  Hauls,  to  get  it  to 
tin4  refineries.  Crude  Sulphur  is  now  selling  in 
tlu-  East  at  $22  per  ton. 

The  following  products  can  be  made  very 
cheaply  from  crude  sulphur,  thus  greatly  en- 
hancing its  value,  and,  at  prevailing  prices 
M-ould  return  Big  Profits  to  a  Local  Refinery 

Sulphur-Dioxide   selling   at   $180    per   ton 
Sulphur-Chloride  $120  to  $140  per  ton 
Sodium-Sulphide  Crystals  $120  to  $140  per  ton 
Refined  Roll  Sulphur  $64  to  $68  per  ton 
Arsenic  Sulphide.  $460  to  $480  per  ton. 

Many  other  valuable  products  more  or  less  com- 
monly used  may  be  manufactured  from  crude  sul- 
phur for  the  drug  trade,  manufacturing,  and  for 
fruit  industries,  all  bringing  good  and  large  profits 
to  the  manufacturer  or  refiners. 

LIME  AND  PHOSPHATE 

And  their  uses  are  too  well  -know  to  require 
iron-  than  mentioning  herein.  There  is  plenty  of 
the  raw  materal  at  hand  for  substantial  utalization 
and  manufcture  of  the  following  products: — Potas. 
sium,  Potassium-Phosphate.  Potassium-Sulphate,  Po- 
tassinm-Chromate,  Potassium-Permanganate,  Potash, 
and  Potash-alum,  l.ime.  Hydrated-Lime.  Calcium, 
Calcium-Nitrate,  Calcium-Oxide,  and  many  other  val- 
uable products  for  the  chemical  trade. 

FULLER'S  EARTH 

Is  also  another  valuable  product  that  is  found  in 
lar««'  quantites  near  by,  and  is  the  source  of  many 
products  used  in  chemcal  manuacturing. 

CONSIDER  THESE  FACTS  CAREFULLY. 

Why  should  all  of  these  wealth  producing 
ores  lie  idle  or  else  he  shipped  East  to  be  re- 
fined, and  then  shipped  back  agairi  to  the  con- 
sumer, thus  carrying  a  double  freight  rate — 
the  freight  rate  alone,  if  saved,  wo,uld  be  a  big 
profit.  A  little  capital  rightly  invested  would 
produce  these  commodities  at  home  and  build 
up  an  industry  that  would  put  many  of  our 
mines  to  work  and  become  a  source  of  new  and 
added  wealth  to  this  State,  and  to  the  people 
thereof,  who  have  the  foresight  to  grasp  the 
golden  opporunity,  and  to,  open  the  door  to 
this  opportunity  when  it  knocks  for  admittance. 

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PROFIT    IN    HANDLING    SODIUM    TUNGSTATE 
(AT   PRESENT   PRICES) 

SODIUM  TUNGSTATE 

Soda  Tlli 

^en 
Wolfram  HLMr,  per  cent         per  lb  r    $l.:M 

~9~!U2~Per  cent     ] 

One  ton  «>t   this   pr<'.;  i  one 

ton  of  «;  t  ore.  cost  in  B  irg 

prices     $585.00 

Cost  of  treatment,  labor  &  mat. -rial 
containers     .  l.'i.OO 

Freight,    average  00 

Overhead  ch 

Interest  charge  on  $250.000  at  s 
Depreciation  10.00 

.".   |"M    («-nt   Brokerage  for  Selling 

N. 

Of  •  er  cent   v. 

will  handb-  H« 
life    of    plant 

chart:  "  years  life  of  plai 

full    cost     (!('    plant     ;  :id     n«-  •  •  s.      80    per 

used  in  Sodium  Tungs- 

TUNGSTIC  ACID  99.50  PER  CENT. 
fJradi 

Wolfram  3  ) 

[  Sl.J' 
99> 

:  make 
prio  -       .00 

• 
Overt 

brokerage  for  selling.    .  .    in?,  no      $' 


•it   on  oi'. 

•    will    prod  1-  •  day 

•  •s  same 


Twelre 


Note  what  a  few  of  our  successful  men  say 
about  good  investments : 

"One  good  investment  is  worth  more  than  the 
savings  of  a  lifetime."  R.  H.  Harriman. 

>vThe  man  who  wins  success  is  the  man  who 
buys  when  the  stock  is  first  offered."  Chauncey 
Depew. 

"Five  Thousand  men  are  millionaires  because 
they  invested  in  new  things."  George  Westinghouse. 

"Pick  out  an  enterprise  in  its  infancy,  make  sure 
it  is  a  business  in  which  large  profits  can  be  made 
and  that  it  is  honestly  managed  by  competent  people, 
then  put  your  money  in  it.  If  you  wait  until  it  is  a 
money-making  proposition,  you  will  buy  on  a  four 
or  six  per  cent  basis,  while  by  investng  at  the  start, 
you  can  get  something  on  a  basis  that  will  return 
a  per  cent  of  hundreds  and  sometimes  thousands. 
Russell  Sage. 

Go  to  your  chemists  and  investigate  the 
possibilities  for  the  manufacture  and  market  of 

tli«>  products  heroin  mentioned.  Investigate 
carefully  the  facts  about  the  deposits  of  these 

hat  arc  to  be  found  within  our  State;  then 
think  hard  and  act  quickly.  Don't  worry  about 
the  markets.  ..Japan.  China  and  other  oriental 
countries  and  South  American  countries  as  well 
as  our  own  America  are  all  large  consumers  of 

products,  and  can  use  the  products  of  a 
number  of  refineries  operating  in  this  State. 

No  other  industry  offers  so  great  an  op- 
portunity for  continued  large  profits  as  does 
tlic  Chemical  Field  of  endeavor  today,  but  we 
must  ACT  NOW  if  we  are  to,  become  the  bene- 
ficiaries of  this  unfilled,  practically  new  West- 
ern industry,  and  also  be  a  factor  in  giving  to 
the  I'nitod  States  Commercial  Supremacy  in 
this  rapidly  growing  Chemical  Industrial  Field. 

Have  you  ever  had  an  opportunty  before, 

in  all  your  life,  to  purchase  Chemical  Company 
,>r  Smelt  inir  r.nd  Refining  Company  stock?    Do 
-on  know  the  reason  why? 

A  little  quotation  from  the  Boston  News 
Uurcnu  of  a  recent  date,  copied  from  the  Salt 
1  ,ake  Tribune  under  date  of  July  2nd,  1920,  will 
not  be  out  of  place  here :  (A  large  percentage 
of  this  stock  is  held  in  Boston.  Do  you  won- 
<er?) 

„»„,**  UNITED  STATES  SMELTING 
(  OM^ANY  EARNINGS  RISE." 

"Net  profits  of  first  five  months  show  Increase. 

Final  net  profits  after  property  charges  and   a 

n  serve  for  Federal  Taxes  of  $2,884,840  shown  by  tne 

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in    the    fir  months    of    th: 

$900,000  more  than  in  the  entire  first  half  of 

I»iawn  down  to  a  per  share  basis,  ates 

Smelting  in  the  period  to  .Jun»-   1st.  •  r  $6.20 

per  share   on   the  hares   of 

after  an  allowance  for  the  7  per  cent  . 
preferred.    This  is  at  the  rate  of  $14.88  pe: 
nually,  and  compares  with  t 
more  than  $14  in  the  twelve  month's  end- 
her   31.    1910.     Tn    short,   the    Smelt  i< 
earning   at    the    rate   of   almost    2 
present  selling  price  of  its  common  sha; 

Many  of  the  foreign  countries  do  not  ma 

t'aeture  any  of  the  products  In-rein  r- 
l)iit  ii  'itirely  upon  im  Do  we 

want  our  share  of  this  business?    If  we  do,  now 
is  the  time  to  get  busy. 

Germany,  before  the  war, 

niemiral  Mart  of  the  world  ai 
other    countries    with 

Owinir    to    her    pi  .    tli«' 

countries  formerly  supplied  l>v  } 
(-Ilier  sources  of  supply  ami  the  United  > 
is  naturally  the  country  to  which  they  are  ap- 
pealing and  clamoring  for  supplies. 

If  you  have  means,  small  or  great,  to  invest, 

you  should  not  fail  to  jrnisp  tl 

placing  sonic  of  your  in\ 

of  a  Modern   ( 'heniical   ai 

to   l»e   established    in    our  thus 

help  to  turn  our  IDLE  ORES  INTO  NIMBLE 

DOLLARS. 

If  you  are  wise,  you   will   think, 
and    th. 
in  and 

•i    f<>r   II 
your  • 
is  tin- 

or   IP 

' 

!0  help  i 
market  of  the  world. 

It  goes  without  saying  that  prices  of 
company's  stock  will  advane 

NTT  of  the  plant  is  built  and  pu- 
pation. 

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The  Silver  State  Chemical  Company  needs 
your  help,  now.  Its  affairs  will  be  managed  by 
a  Local  Board  of  Directors,  ably  aided  and  as- 
sisted by  experts  in  the  various  lines  of  en- 
deavor as  needed. 

Get  in  now  and  do  your  share.  We  have 
plenty  of  RAW  MATERIAL  at  hand  and  the 
market  at  our  door.  Have  we  the  BRAINS 
AND  THE  MONEY  to  back  our  judgment? 

If  you  are  interested,  we  will  gladly  fur- 
nish further  particulars  upon  request,  or  we 
will  have  our  representative  call  upon  you  and 
talk  the  proposition  over  carefully  with  you. 
WE  WANT  and  NEED  your*  co-operation,  and 
want  it  now.  Don't  wait  until  the  prices  have 
advanced  and  then  pay  more  for  your  stock  for 
surely  you  will  want  some  of  this  stock. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

SILVER  STATE  CHEMICAL  CO., 
By  W.  A.  Zimmerman, 

Fiscal  Agent  &  Business   Mgr. 

L.  E.  Sowers, 

Chemical,    Metallurgical    &    Mining    Engr. 

Manager  of  the  Plant. 


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I;I-;LO\\    is    \    PAKTIAL   LIST  of  what  should 
I..       i  reduced      in    th«-     proposed     SILVER    STATE 
.       I 'LA  NT.      IN      ADDITION      TO      T  UK 
LTING    AND    RKFININC    many   valuable   i; 
>res. 


NKVADA:— 

A.-ids: 

Hydrochloric,  C   P 
Molybdic,   C   P 
Nitre,    C    P 
Sulphuric 
Tunustic,   C   P 
Ammonium    Tungstate 
Sidium    Tungstate 
ArsenoiiB,  C  P 
Arsenic,  Oxide 
Arsenic,  Sulphide 

Bayrites 

Barium  Chloride 
Barium  Peroxide 

iu in  Nitrate 
Barium  Sulphate.  (Pre- 
cip)  (Blank  F. 

Calcium 

Calcium  Chloride 
Calcium  Hy  peon  I  orate 
Calcium  Peroxide 
Calcium  Phosphate 
Calcium   Oxide.   (Lime) 
Calcium  Hydroxide, 
(hydratod  Lime) 

f'arbon 

Carbon  bisulphide 
Carbon  Totrnchlorido 

(Phos.erpne) 
Carbnnyl    Chloride 
Tunerstic  Oxidp.   C   ]' 

Chlorine,    pas.    Liquid 

Copy>or 

r.pr    met- 
lated 

Copper  Carbonate, 
Croon    precipt. 
Coppor    Siilphate., 
(Pluo   Vitrol> 

Epsom  Sp1  ^s!um 

Balphate) 

C.lnnbrr  9n1ts.    CSodlum 

Sulphnto) 
Lead 

'    \rotnto  f Norman 

T^ead  Nitrato  (crystals) 
Mtharga 

L*»nd    Carbonate. 

(TA^ito    T.rart> 
THplumbic   Tetroride. 

(Rod   Lead) 


Potassium 

Potassium-Bichromate 
I 'ot assi  irn-Chromate 

ish) 
Potassium    Permaa- 

ganate 
Potassium  Sulph 

im 

Soda  Ash 
Sodium 
Sodium  < 
Sodium 
Sodium  ' 
Sodium   l 

Sodium  Hyposulphite 

Sodium  Moly1 

Sodi 

Sodium  Sulphite 

-tals 
bar 

Sulphur  chloride 
ide, 

(liquid,    cylinders) 
Sulphur 
flour 
;mr.  Roll 
(brimstone) 
Zinc 
Zinc  Carbon 

(precipi' 
Zinc  Chlori. 

(granulated) 
Zinc  Dust 
Zinc  Oxide 
Zinc  Sulphate 
Talcum 

Talcum  Powder 
Household  Articles 
Chipped   Soaps 
Water  Cleansers 
Washing  Powders 

•T  Ware  Polishers 
Medicinal  Compounds 


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